Aspidapion ( Aspidapion ) validum (Germar)

Yunakov, Nikolai, Nazarenko, Vitalij, Filimonov, Rostislav & Volovnik, Semyon, 2018, A survey of the weevils of Ukraine (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea), Zootaxa 4404 (1), pp. 1-494 : 38

Aspidapion ( Aspidapion) validum (Germar)

Apion validum Germar, 1817

Apion grimmii Hochhuth, 1847

Records. CRI ČER ČRK DNI DON IFR KHE KHM KHR KRO KYI LUG LWI MYK ODE POL TER VIN ZAP* [ Schoenherr 1833: 296; Schoenherr 1839: 416; Hochhuth 1847: 462; Nowicki 1864: 33; Lindemann 1871: 295; Cherkunov 1889: 191; Kryshtal 1949: 180; Medvedev 1953a: 78; Globova 1958: 167; Kryshtal 1959: 81; Solodovnikova 1963c: 154; 1965a: 8; 1965b: 337; 1966: 333; 1968: 30; 1970: 81; Petrukha et al. 1988: 144; Barsov et al. 1998: 150; Mazur 2002: 219; Alonso-Zarazaga 2004; Nazarenko 2005a: 90; Nazarenko 2006b: 163; Nazarenko 2010d: 81; Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a: 153; Nazarenko 2012g: 50].

Distribution. Central and East Europe, Caucasus, Asia Minor, Levant, Iran, Kazakhstan, Middle Asia, West Siberia, North Africa ( Alonso-Zarazaga 2011a).

Material examined. Crimea: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Crimea; 1 spec. ( ZIN) ‘Tauria’; 4 spec. ( ZIN) Agarmysh, Kirichenko leg., 11.v.1906; 2 spec. ( ZIN) idem, Jacentkowski leg., vi.1906; 1 spec. ( ZIN) near Feodosia, Kiziltash, A. Kirichenko leg., 26.vii.1908; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol, Bazhenov leg., 24.iv.1899; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 2.v.1899; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Simferopol Distr., Krasnolissya, H. Barrios leg., 10.vi.1982; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Yalta, on Malva , [H. Barrios] leg., 9.viii.1981; Donetsk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Yarova, meadows, Svyatohirsk env., Arnoldi leg., 11.v.1938; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Khomutovskyi Step, Zerova leg., 24.iv.1975; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Mariupol Th. Lukjanovitsh leg., 21.viii.1925; Kharkiv Prov.: 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kharkiv Guberniia, 9.vii.1910; 22 spec. ( ZIN) Kharkiv Distr., Yuzhny, Iljin leg., 1.vi.1916; 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kharkiv env., Iljin leg., 4.vi.1891; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Kharkiv, Botanical Garden, Arnoldi leg., 17.iv.1919; 2 spec. ( ZIN) Zmiiv Destr., Gaidary, Biological Station, Arnoldi leg., 17.viii.1919; Kherson Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Kherson, Chistikov leg., 14.viii.1972; Kropyvnytskyi Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Alexandria, Fedorov leg., 25.v.1914; Kyiv Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Kyiv; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv, larvae in Althea officinalis, A. Lebedev leg.; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv, A. Lebedev leg.; 1 spec. ( SIZK) Kyiv, left bank of Dnieper River, Horbachykha urochyshche, decorative Malvaceae (? Althaea ) near the pumping station, V.Yu. Nazarenko leg., 28.vii.2000; Luhansk Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Provallya, Luhansk env., Talicky leg., 14.vi.1929; Odesa Prov.: 1 spec. ( ZIN) Chernovo, Tiligul River, D. Znoiko leg., 19.vi.1921; Poltava Prov.: 2 spec. ( ZIN) Poltava env., Th. Lukjanovich leg., 13.vii.1923; 9 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 6.vi.1926; 1 spec. ( ZIN) idem, 18.vi.1926; Zaporizhia Prov.: 2 spec. ( SVC) Melitopol Distr., Sosnovka, Staroberdyanskyi Forest, on Malva, E.I. Patsenker leg., 3.vi.1989.

Biology. Wetlands, agricultural habitats. Adults occur in IV–VIII. On Malvaceae : Alcea biennis ( Hochhuth 1847) ; Lavatera thuringiaca ( Solodovnikova 1963a) ; A. rosea ( Solodovnikova 1963a; Smreczyński 1965; Dieckmann 1977); Althaea officinalis ( Solodovnikova 1963a; Dieckmann 1977); Malva sylvestris ( Dieckmann 1977) .